Bill Text: NY S00211 | 2021-2022 | General Assembly | Amended

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Bill Title: Provides test preparation for students in the seventh grade and eighth grade intending to apply to take the specialized high school admissions test.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2022-01-05 - REFERRED TO NEW YORK CITY EDUCATION [S00211 Detail]

Download: New_York-2021-S00211-Amended.html

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                STATE OF NEW YORK
        ________________________________________________________________________

                                         211--A

                               2021-2022 Regular Sessions

                    IN SENATE

                                       (Prefiled)

                                     January 6, 2021
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        Introduced  by  Sen. PERSAUD -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
          printed to be committed to the Committee on New York City Education --
          committee discharged, bill amended, ordered reprinted as  amended  and
          recommitted to said committee

        AN  ACT  to  amend  the  education  law, in relation to test preparation
          programs for certain students

          The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and  Assem-
        bly, do enact as follows:

     1    Section  1. Section 2590-h of the education law is amended by adding a
     2  new subdivision 56 to read as follows:
     3    56. Test preparation for certain students. The chancellor shall estab-
     4  lish in cities having a population of one million or more,  in  conjunc-
     5  tion  with  the  appropriate  official with jurisdiction over the public
     6  school system in such cities, a test preparation program for students in
     7  the seventh grade and eighth grade whose test is  administered  by  such
     8  cities  and  who  intend  to  apply  to take the specialized high school
     9  admissions test. Such test preparation shall be offered free  of  charge
    10  during the regular operating hours of the school day.
    11    §  2.  This act shall take effect immediately; provided, however, that
    12  the amendments to section 2590-h of the education law  made  by  section
    13  one  of  this  act shall not affect the expiration and reversion of such
    14  section and shall expire and be deemed repealed therewith.



         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
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